also looking at some of the BC forged and ESR 3 piece wheels....
tough decision....

So many nice wheels, it's a tough decision. I'm relying on my wheel guy for advice as to best bang for the buck, and he said the BC Forged are, and he's a dealer for several of the top mfg's

Wheels are certainly a tough choice. Your third choice looks great. Project is coming along nicely.

agreed BC forged for the money...for me its looking "too modern" or out of place on a 69 and Lip vs no lip

looking at litespeed wheels also https://www.litespeedracing.com/

Mah Tars showed up today
 

My beefy rear meats came in today!!! They are definitely yuge compared to the stock 14" wheels. Looks like 12" wide rim and 6 3/4" B.S. will be perfect!

https://i.imgur.com/cypaULF.jpg

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Time to play with the trick tool.

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Mounted the doors
 

Test fit #2. Re-mounted the doors back on the car. I'm going to pin the hinges this time around. Also need to fit the new Cowl hood, and Anvil parts, since I obtained all of these after the car was torn apart.
Was lucky enough to get a couple of days off of work to get a few things done, although most of my time was spent catching up on neglected chores around the house. Was really hoping to get more done on the car. I mounted the fenders today before work, but didn't get a chance to take pics.

Yes, the glass and the hardware are sitting in the door, to simulate the weight to make it hang properly. :D
I did find a little rust in the driver door, but it was easily repaired. Just goes to show what can be hiding under a primered or painted car, when you buy it.:welder:

https://i.imgur.com/ma1UfI9.jpg

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Re-hung the fenders
 

Got the fenders loosely installed. Funny how I bagged and tagged every nut, bolt, and shim, but it still ends up needing to be tweaked. They just never go back together the same way twice. :confused18:

I'm going to have to work the door gaps of the AMD fender on the passenger side, at the top along the curve, leading up towards the windshield. The angle of the curve in the panel is pretty far off from the curve of the door at the top. Also the door to fender gap at the very bottom of the door will need work. Not much though. It's more of an issue with the door, not the fender with that part. gaps are perfect at the rear of the door, and along the rocker panel, so doors are adjusted perfect.

Driver side has an OEM fender, so the gaps are fairly decent with that one. I just need to do some body work, and weld in the tab for the RS headlight stuff, since it was a standard fender.

https://i.imgur.com/aSUTTu4.jpg

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Door Gaps
 

Been working on the door to fender, and door to quarter panel gaps. Not that they were too awful, but I wanted a little more consistency in them, and a little tighter. I basically just ran my mig along the edges to build them up, and then ground them down.

You can see where these areas are a little wide in some spots, but decent in others.

https://i.imgur.com/osawWm7.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/yyHL5QS.jpg

Didn't mark these but you can see it's a little wide at the top.

https://i.imgur.com/N488yKy.jpg

A little wide in the middle (like me) :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/CagJq4G.jpg

Needs a little build up to make it tighter against the fender. I couldn't move the door further forward, or the rear gap would have been huge.

https://i.imgur.com/tFLIrmd.jpg

Bottom along the rocker is perfect. Nothing needed here.

https://i.imgur.com/8RxqcOI.jpg

I'm a grinder, not a welder as you can tell

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Second round. Adding a little more material

https://i.imgur.com/WfQ2QHW.jpg

Passenger top fender
 

Fun stuff here. Passenger fender is an AMD. They do not fit as great as everyone says they do. I had to build up along the top near the door. The body line along the top to the body line at the middle, is literally too short. Rather than cut and weld the whole rear section of the fender, I decided to try out Eastwood's body solder. At least it gives me the ability to use metal to build up the area as opposed to plastic filler, or doing all the work of cutting and welding it all.

Here you can see how bad the gap is.

https://i.imgur.com/PqJgLrr.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RGZJnc4.jpg

First step is to "tin" the fender, using their tinning butter

https://i.imgur.com/UmalEqk.jpg

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After it's tinned, then wash it with baking soda, to neutralize the acid. Then apply the solder.

https://i.imgur.com/Inqu9ih.jpg

Once that's finished, shape to desired form

https://i.imgur.com/n4ibLN6.jpg

Finished gaps
 

Here, they are mostly finished. Still have a little adjusting to do, but they're pretty close to acceptable ..lol

https://i.imgur.com/muV8WjW.jpg

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